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Todd Strasser's The Wave
Can you imagine reliving the time of the Holocaust? Well, in the book "The Wave" by Todd Strasser, the students of Gordon High School experience something similar to the Nazi Party take over. I couldn't imagine what it'd be like to be in one of the students place, I wouldn't know how to react to it if I were in their position. But while reading the book it was very realistic and had me wondering with every turn of the page.

It all started when history teacher Mr. Ben Ross teaches his class about the rise of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party. Each student had different reactions when they found out what was being done during that time. Some students showed sympathy while others showed no interest at all. But most of them had many questions about

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